Political analyst and author Mark Halperin will share his years of experience covering national politics when he takes part in the 2015 Broward College Speaker Series next week.Halperin, co-managing editor of "Bloomberg Politics," is also a...

Comments and a subsequent clarification from U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Weston have attracted new attention to long-running concerns over the implications of interfaith marriage in the Jewish community.
Wasserman Schultz recently told a Jewish...

Key elements of the economic proposals President Barack Obama will outline in his State of the Union address Tuesday appear to be aimed at driving the debate in the 2016 election on income inequality and middle-class economic issues, rather than setting a...

President Barack Obama called Wednesday's deadly shooting at a satirical newspaper in Paris "cowardly evil attacks" on journalists and a free press and vowed to help France pursue the terrorists who went on the run.
Obama said the attack that...

— Rick Scott, who just two years ago was labeled the least popular governor in America, capped off a political comeback Tuesday, persuading Floridians to give him another four years in office — and leaving the Democratic Party in shambles.
"It's...

The Urban League of Palm Beach County (ULPBC) will host the fourth annual "Youth Empowerment Luncheon" Sept. 12 to raise money for its scholarship and leadership fund for its NULITES program.NULITES, an acronym for National Urban League...

Fangate made good fodder for late-night talk show hosts Thursday.
It appears the comedians were big fans of the escapade during Wednesday night's Florida gubernatorial debate between Gov. Rick Scott and Democratic challenger Charlie Crist.
For those...

Our famously gaffe-prone vice president, Joe Biden, has outdone himself. He stumbled through not one, not two, but three gaffes in less than 24 hours. For him, that's a personal best, or, more accurately, a personal worst.
Yet, if it is better to be...

Sholom Neistein and Mohamed Ghumrawi are good friends trying to inspire future generations.
Neistein, a 26-year-old pro-Israel Jewish man living in North Miami Beach, and Ghumrawi, a 24-year-old Arab American of Palestinian descent living in Miami,...

A pro-marijuana group is going after U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Weston, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee.
It’s labeling her as “out of touch” because she was one of only 18 Democrats in the House who voted against legislation...

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There’s so much spin emanating from Democrats on Wednesday, it would be easy to get a case of vertigo.
They’re attempting to convince people that their loss in the closely watched Florida special...

Perry Thurston put in an appearance on the Rev. Al Sharpton's MSNBC show on Friday to discuss the one-year anniversary of the verdict in the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin case.
Thurston, a Broward state representative and criminal defense lawyer, is...

Former Gov. Charlie Crist won't be at the Broward Democratic Party's annual fundraising dinner Saturday night.
It would have been an chance for the party faithful in Broward to do a side-by-side comparison of Crist and Nan Rich, the former Florida Senate...

Former Gov. Jeb Bush didn’t hedge his positions on two key issues that could give him problems with the Republican Party’s conservative flank if he runs for president, and he also didn’t use an opening Friday to provide any insight about whether he’ll...

Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., claims that liberals are waging a "war on whites." If so, Barack Obama must be at war with himself.That's how goofy Brooks' logic sounds. But he's not nuts. It is an old reflex, when cornered in politics, to lash back...

Parents are welcome to come as they are when they visit a Palm Beach County school.
The School Board will not pursue a dress code for parents suggested by Board member Karen Brill. Supporters of a dress code say too many parents were coming to school...